Patent attributes
A disc reproduction apparatus reading and reproducing data containing a plurality of chapters recorded on a disc-like recording medium includes an input unit for accepting an input of an instruction from a user and a control unit for controlling a reproduction operation in accordance with the instruction accepted through the input unit. The control unit reads information on the plurality of chapters recorded on the recording medium when information designating a first reproduction time period is accepted through the input unit. In addition, second reproduction time periods respectively corresponding to chapters are calculated based on the information on the plurality of chapters that has been read and the designated first reproduction time period. Then, digest reproduction is performed by reading at least part of the chapter recorded on the recording medium in accordance with the calculated second reproduction time periods.
